Winner of the Scott Moncrieff Prize Linda Coverdale has donated her prize money (£1,000) to fellow translator Gilles Mourier. Linda Coverdale (pictured) won the 2019 Scott Moncrieff Prize – part of the Society of Authors’ Translation Prizes – earlier this year but was unable to attend the awards ceremony in February 2020. Coverdale decided to…
The Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society, the Royal Literary Fund, English PEN with the T S Eliot Foundation, and Amazon UK join forces with the Society of Authors to support authors affected financially by Coronavirus.
A new, full-colour look for The Author – the Society of Authors’ quarterly print journal – now printed on 100% recycled paper using 100% renewable energy.
We are delighted to announce the judging panels for the 2020 Society of Authors’ Awards, including Booker Prize and Women’s Prize shortlistee Sarah Waters, Kate Greenaway Medal winner Emily Gravett, and many more.
Andrew Taylor’s quarterly digest
Welcoming the 298 authors who have joined the SoA over the past few months
Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott’s McKitterick trip
On freedom of expression, libraries and errors in Austen
Latest activities and events
New Chair of the SoA’s Management Committee
Translation Prizes 2019
Copyright, author earnings and more
